I actually understand C and how it is the answer, I am more confused around making sense of its meaning in a practical way, as it stands I need a way to understand how it was put it into practical understandable language (ie positive form) I watch the video and the answer choice was translated as : an ideal bureaucracy will always (never elminated) have (without eliminated) complaints about a problem that are not covered by regulation.

I'm just not sure what rules he was using to get here. Like when I come across these type of statements in the future, I need some method for dealing with them. Because I would have likely eliminated all the nots in the statement and I know it is wrong. Why did never become always instead of some times, and why did he elminate both without and never?

Would the negation test for this be:

an ideal bureaucracy will never have (without eliminated) complaints about a problem that are not covered by regulation.

or

an ideal bureaucracy will always/sometimes [not sure which one] (never elminated) have permanently without complaints about a problem that are not covered by regulation.

I have taken 3 PT's so far. For my BR I re-do the section without looking at the answers. Here is my problem.

I did not get to the last 4 questions during my test so I missed these and 3 others. On my blind review I got the last 4 correct and the ones I missed, but heres the catch. I missed 5 questions I got correct because I chose a different answer in BR.

What is the solution? Just study more? I am somewhat frustrated by this Lol.

Thanks as always. Hope I am the only one in the library tonight. Smoke a cigar/have a beer for me.

I got burned out and said eff the LSAT for two weeks... Now it's time to refocus and get back the momentum before gameday. The moral to the story is burnout is real. The End.

While struggling to study during the morning hours this week (for Oct 3rd), I had to wonder if anyone has taken LSAC to task for always offering the LSAT in the morning. I'm a night owl who usually doesn't conk out until the 11p-12a mark. This is my nature, even as a wee one. My "power hours" are most often in the afternoon.

That being said, for the other night owls out there, how are you preparing for test day? Are you going all in and temporarily resetting your circadian rhythm? Testing out various caffeinated concoctions in the morning (quite a balance between a quick boost and jittery-anxiety)? Surrendering to the wind?

Hey, folks,

I'm working on getting my application materials in anticipation of my October retake score and I've run across something on LSAC's website that I am not familiar with.

Can anybody give me more information about this "evaluator" business? It looks like you have the option to designate references as either recommenders, evaluators or both and that the evaluator option includes some sort of questionnaire.

I know that requirements vary but are these evaluations generally requested by schools? Should they be submitted even if not required by the law school?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Do you know, @Pacifico ? You're generally our admissions expert.

hey everyone,

I'm curious about what a good mental warm-up would consist of on test day? Obviously, it's critical to conserve one's mental energy for the test. There are also those who require no warm-up at all. But, personally, I find it necessary to warm-up as it takes me time to regulate my focus. Any experiences/recommendations would be appreciated.

http://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-55-section-1-question-18/

I am having trouble with these main point questions in general. It seems I always fall for the trap answer which is usually some kind of point just not the main one. In this one I picked C. I understand E matches that part of the passage after However, I just don't understand why it is the main point. The video explanation just kind of took it for granted that it was more clear that the first statement wasn't the conclusion. But it seemed to me that is what he was trying to convince me of and what the entire argument was structured around. The however part seemed more like it was supporting the first sentence.

I know it's only a *very* small sample size of 2 PTs, but how do I go about assessing my weaknesses?

My stats: -2 Avg. for LG... -11 Avg. for LR... -13 Avg. for RC

For LR do I go drill the question types that have a "higher priority"? Or is there another characterization that I should be looking at?

For RC I'm just going to keep doing passage after passage after passage to practice.

(Also, I'm thinking about just focusing on completing/devoting almost all of the allotted time to 3 passages while I'm PT'ing instead of all 4, would you advise against this?)

Is anyone experiencing a lack of consistency similar to mine? When I first started PT-ing I started strong with a 167, 168, then a 171. Against the advice of 7sage I was taking PTs everyday and consequently my scores started to fall, for about 8 exams my score was in the 164-166 range and then I hit a 160. At that point I decided I shouldn't be taking PTs everyday. I took a few days off, and then started on a one day on one day off schedule. When I got back I thought I had it figured out - PT 58 - 170, PT 59 - 173. Now I just finished scoring PT 60 and I got a 165. I respect the beast that the LSAT is, but I just can't seem to formulate the appropriate strategy to attain consistent test scores. I am doing proper BR and dissecting every question in my review. Any tips or pointers would be much appreciated.

During BR of the PTs, after I watch the video explanation, I sometimes would like to "star" the video so I can come back in a few weeks and watch it again. Is there a favorites feature on the videos? Right now, I am using an Excel spreadsheet to do this, but it doesn't seem to be very efficient.

I am wondering if there is a feature that gathers all "star" questions I selected. If there is, I would like to make use of the feature before the October test.

Thank you guys!

How extensive is your reasoning for eliminating wrong answer choices? Do you just write something small like "no evidence" "does the opposite of correct answer," or do you go deeper? I feel like I need to BR better sometimes I just feel like I cannot reach 100% certainty on questions when I am BR'ing.

What does it mean if I'm consistently only getting to around Q # 20 within 35 minutes? I am consistently getting 18/20 right, with 5 omitted. But when I extend beyond the 35 minutes and go to 40ish/45ish, I get around 22-23/25. In other words, within the time limit I typically go around -7, but when I go beyond I am only about -3. Is it because I'm too slow a reader/mental processor? My accuracy for the ones I do attempt is very good. How can I get faster? Is this just a matter of experience and practice? I'm taking the October LSAT next month.

So throughout my (definitely rocky) studying process I've made lots of gains in the various sections of the test while also hitting various hiccups (many of which I've come here to complain or ask about). However, the PTing I've done in the last week exemplifies the worries I have for the October test coming up very soon.

So up until mid last week I was in a huge slump for a while, having really hard times on LR particularly (which had always been my good section), missing way more questions than usual (peaking at like -5 or -6, up from the usual -1 or -2, which I posted here about). At the same time, however I had made some definite gains on LG (missing between 0 or 1 per test) and RC (which shocked me because I heard it was very hard to improve on and I went from consistent -4's to -1's or -2's). So I was super stressed about that and being able to improve in time. Around this time I was fluctuating pretty heavily around 171ish a low of 170 to a high of 174 (so obviously still not bad at all, but what was worrying me more was the weird distribution where I was doing so badly on a section that I had historically done really well on)

Something suddenly clicked last week though. After two particularly rough tests at the beginning of last week, I had some kind of breakthrough and scored two 178s in a row. Obviously I was ecstatic. It was the first LR that had gone back to "normal" for me while I maintained my gains in LG and RC. This week's PTs started on Monday and I got a THIRD 178 in a row (again, ecstatic) while still maintaining consistency on all three sections (missing only 1 LR question, 1 RC question, and 1 or 2 LGs).

So my worries are mainly to do with what happened on yesterday and today's PTs which were radically different from the three 178s. Yesterday I went from only -1 on the previous 6 or 7 RCs to getting a whopping -6. At the same time, I got -4 on the LG section which, though admittedly harder, was still way more than I'm used to. Today basically the same thing happened, with another huge -5 on RC and -3 on LG (which was particularly frustrating because it is supposedly only a level 2 RC and the game that basically made me run out of time was only a level 3). The good news was that I maintained my LR strength and only missed 2 on each of yesterday and today, which was fantastic and in line with what I was doing before my huge slump. So yesterday's score was a 172 (obviously not bad at all, but admittedly lower than I'm comfortable with) and today was even worse, a 170 (one of my lowest scores I've had in a long time).

Now, obviously my scores have not been bad. I'm fully aware that my scores, even my so-called bad day today of 170, are incredible scores that are approaching the high 90th percentiles. So, I'm not trying to complain about them at all. What my primary concern is is my inconsistency this close to the test day. My personal goal is to come away from the actual test with a 175. If I could score a 175 on test day I would be over the moon, so it's not like I'm aiming for a perfect 180 here or anything. But with my GPA and the school's I'm looking at, a 175 would obviously be ideal and put me in an incredibly comfortable position. And the thing is is that the three 178s (plus the fact that after every test I blind review at or near 180) I just score tell me that I am at least CAPABLE of doing really well on test day and achieving my goal, but the fact that I can vary by sometimes up to 8 points in the span of a day, and the fact that I can go nearly 10 tests with an average RC score of only -1 or -2 max and then suddenly have two full tests in a row where I go -6 scares the living hell out of me and stresses me out. Obviously every test is different, people have bad days, and even a great LSAT taker's scores are going to fluctuate test to test, but it just seems that such a drastic difference, particularly in RC these last two days, is something other than that.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much, this forum has been a really great resource for when this test has gotten me really stressed!

... I got addicted to Suits.

I'm currently registered for the October LSAT, but I'm still PTing around 4-5 points below where I want to be. I want to take the December LSAT, but it falls right on the Saturday before finals week. Even though I have sort of a light load as a 4th year UG student, finals week is always a burden.

Should I be worried? Part of me wants to believe that if I'm ready for the LSAT, finals week stress won't hit me too hard on test day.

i have done 10pts in total and im taking LSAT in october and december.

currently plateaud at 155

I have always been one of those people who studies from as many sources as possible to get the best grasp of a topic.....Before joining here I had a small intro book and 2 Bibles w/workbooks. Then I joined here and have had much success. Here is what I did wrong:

I decided to take an in-person course taught at a local established University. It started Aug 24th and was twice a week. Manageable.? Right? Oh no, but wait....

1) The instructor has never taught an LSAT prep class, despite having his JD, Ph.D and being a philosophy professor. The curriculum was established so you'd think he'd catch up quickly....:? You'd be wrong...

2) With the class you get a book from the University Press.... A clueless instructor + a book that uses all different terminology = recipe for disaster.

3) Their method was SO ridiculously complicated.

Long story short: I quickly got confused. Confusion leads to depression. Depression leads to burnout....Which brings us to today.

I am not going back to that class and, after a few days break I have been happily studying on 7sage all day. :)

Love this course/community. Keep up the AWESOME work!!!!!!!

Hey buddies! I feel much progress on RC with the Trainer’s structural method. But still I feel so hard on comparative reading. It’s so confusing to recall structures/details from two passages. Anyone has a thought to crack on that? :) Thanks in advance!

I know that Black and Mexican/Puerto African URMs get the most significant boost... But will applying as a URM Hispanic give me a boost? I'm 50/50 Italian/Venezuelan and my mothers a Venez immigrant and I have citizenship there. Goal schools are USC/UCLA.. Does anyone know if URM Hispanic gives a LSAT score boost, even if it's a point or two. Thanks.

Hi everyone, I hope your studying is going well as we get closer to T-Day. I now have 2 weeks free for the sole purpose of LSAT studying, which is great. However, I'm looking now and find myself at a loss as of how to approach things. I already have done 7Sage's curriculum, so I'm guessing I should be in PT/BR only mode now. Should I still stick a 3-per-week test limit or would 5 not be unreasonable right now? Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I've just arrived at PT 66. The extra diagram space has really thrown me off because I was used to the convienence of having my master game board and rules on the same page as the questions. What's the best strategy when turning the page? Re-diagraming rules and master game board or flipping the page back/folding?

....and I'm neither angry nor happy. I got a 153 (159 BR). The reason why I'm not completely angry is because it's actually a 3 point increase from where I was PT'ing prior to enrolling in the 7sage course (I took about 5 PTs after self studying).

I have to find happiness/reasons for celebration in whichever forms they come, no matter how small.

I'm really curious to see if I can increase my score some more. There was definitely some questions on the test that I know I could've gotten correct but my nerves got to me.

Hey guys,

So I've done 21 PTs now, and the one I just did today I got 161. My goal LSAT score is exactly 160+, and I've been getting that almost every time in the past 10 tests, and high 150s in the ones before that.

I have 5 LSATs left, and I'm wondering what I should do. I have basically reached my goal, and I honestly don't think I can even do any better. Take today for example, I did PT 66, and went -4 in games, -6 on both LRs, and -8 in RC. I literally guessed that those would be the scores as I was taking it, a -8 on RC is fairly good for me, and whenever I get that or under, I almost always do well on the actual PT.

-6 in LRs is another thing I don't think I can improve any further. I haven't done BR yet, but I most likely messed up one easy mark question due to topic context being confusing or mis-read, and the rest 5 were probably 5 star questions that I can't even get right during BR.

-4 in Games is something that I think I can fix, although I'm willing to bet one of those was a substitution and equivalence question that I just circled guessed and moved on. The rest of the wrong ones are from me rushing to get all the games done on time.

So what I'm really asking is what's the best way I can make use of the time I have left. I feel like if I do the remaining 5 PTs, they will be 160s, but is that really helping me for Oct? Maybe I should drill some of my weaknesses like RC and not do more?

Note I print off the entire LSAT over again for BR, and I generally average 167 for it, but regardless my actual PT score has been low 160s for as long as I can remember. Can't seem to get past it. I've heard that there is another transition when everything suddenly starts to click, but I feel like I'm just doing rinse repeat on every lsat.

I just need some guidance.

Does anyone have a preference to either? I have a hard time with translating vertical setups and am far more inclined to diagram horizontally.